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JohnnyRingo

(18,672 posts)
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 11:31 AM Oct 2020

This is what Asian honey bees do to combat Murder Hornets.

Unlike their European cousins, Asian bees have adapted to invasions by these awful giant wasps.

It's amazing to me that the Asian bees learned this survival tactic over time. Did they have a hive meeting to spitball ideas? How many tactics failed miserably before they discovered that they can withstand temperatures of 118° while their adversary can only take 115°? The bees just need a chance to cover the hornet enmasse and vibrate wildly, causing friction and heat. This is what happens to one hornet advance scout out looking for a hive to victimize.

Trigger warning: if anyone was a murder hornet in a previous life, this Nat Geo clip could cause anxiety and depression. For the rest of us, it's one less murder hornet left to scourge the earth.



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This is what Asian honey bees do to combat Murder Hornets. (Original Post) JohnnyRingo Oct 2020 OP
You call that a murder hornet? THIS is a murder hornet! blm Oct 2020 #1
INteresting! Bayard Oct 2020 #2
Margaret, Susan! Stop wiggling. It's already 117! Are you trying to kill us all? tblue37 Oct 2020 #3
There must be a lesson there that we can translate to our political landscape nt intrepidity Oct 2020 #4
Can we surround everyone at a Trump or Pence rally Delarage Oct 2020 #5

Delarage

(2,186 posts)
5. Can we surround everyone at a Trump or Pence rally
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 02:12 PM
Oct 2020

And keep them together until they all have COVID-19?

Actually, Trump's typical poor planning and disregard for others left his murder MAGATs trapped in the freezing cold. So maybe we don't need to intervene

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